Parmellops perspicuus | |
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Lord Howe Island Map | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicarionidae |
Subfamily: | Helicarioninae |
Genus: | Parmellops |
Species: | P. perspicuus
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Binomial name | |
Parmellops perspicuus Hyman &
Ponder, 2016
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Location of Lord Howe Island |
Parmellops perspicuus, also known as the transparent semislug, is a species of semislug that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [1] [2]
The shell of the mature animal is reduced, plate-like and only faintly visible, 0.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 11.7 mm, reddish in colour. The animal is white with a grey tail, the shell clearly visible through the lappets. [1]
The semislug is only found on the summit of Mount Gower, crawling on palm leaves and trunks at night and after rain. [1]
Parmellops perspicuus | |
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Lord Howe Island Map | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Mollusca |
Class: | Gastropoda |
Subclass: | Heterobranchia |
Order: | Stylommatophora |
Family: | Helicarionidae |
Subfamily: | Helicarioninae |
Genus: | Parmellops |
Species: | P. perspicuus
|
Binomial name | |
Parmellops perspicuus Hyman &
Ponder, 2016
| |
Location of Lord Howe Island |
Parmellops perspicuus, also known as the transparent semislug, is a species of semislug that is endemic to Australia's Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea. [1] [2]
The shell of the mature animal is reduced, plate-like and only faintly visible, 0.5 mm in height, with a diameter of 11.7 mm, reddish in colour. The animal is white with a grey tail, the shell clearly visible through the lappets. [1]
The semislug is only found on the summit of Mount Gower, crawling on palm leaves and trunks at night and after rain. [1]